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Recent publications on South Australian geosciences, 2019

Selected publications relating to geoscience in South Australia published in key scientific journals or by the Government of South Australia's Mineral Resources and Energy Resources Divisions are listed below. Authors from the Mineral Resources and Energy Resources Divisions are shown in bold.

These references have been sourced by the Geoscience Library using the American Geological Institute ‘GeoRef’ database, publishing company listings, Mineral and Energy Resources Divisions' databases, Google Scholar and new publication alerts.

For assistance with locating and accessing publications, please email: dem.merlibrary@sa.gov.au

Klaebe R and Kennedy M 2019. The palaeoenvironmental context of the Trezona anomaly in South Australia: do carbon isotope values record a global or regional signal? The Depositional Record 5:131–146. doi: 10.1002/dep2.60 (Open access)

Lewis ID 2019. South Australian geology and the State Heritage Register: an example of geoconservation of the Naracoorte Caves complex and karst environment. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences.doi: 10.1080/08120099.2019.1608300

Liu AG, McMahon S, Matthews JJ, Still JW and Brasier AT 2019. Petrological evidence supports the death mask model for the preservation of Ediacaran soft-bodied organisms in South Australia. Geology 47(3):215–218. doi: 10.1130/G45918.1

Reid AJ, Halpin JA and Dutch RA 2019. Timing and style of high-temperature metamorphism across the Western Gawler Craton during the Paleo- to Mesoproterozoic. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences. doi: 10.1080/08120099.2019.1602565

Wopfner H 2019. An alpine geologist for Santos exploration in the Great Artesian Basin May to December 1956, Report Book 2019/00002. Department for Energy and Mining, South Australia, Adelaide. SARIG reference: RB 2019/00002